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EX-99.(P) 5 accum6-efp15473_ex99p.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY SEPARATE ACCOUNT EQ OF VENERABLE INSURANCE & ANNUITY Co - Powers of Attorney
Exhibit 99 (p)  (Item 27(p)) – Powers of Attorney
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Ron J. Tanner, Jay Lemoncelli
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _19th_ day of March, 2024, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Cathy A Mahone
 
 
Cathy A Mahone
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Notary
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
 
On the _19th_ day of   March_ in the year   2024,  before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Cathy A. Mahone, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
_/s/ Lori L. Demarco_____________________________
 
Name: __Lori L. DeMarco_________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: __Pennsylvania___________________
   
No: ___1173703________________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: ___Chester County___________________
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
 
My commission expires ___2/12/2028______________
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is her general durable power of attorney and that she had willingly signed and that she executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
____ /s/ Bertina Whitaker-Fry_________________________
 
Name: ___Bertina Whitaker-Fry____________________
Witness #1
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Drive___________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
___/s/ Lee Barnard _________________________________
 
Name: ____Lee Barnard___________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Drive___________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _22_ day of __August__, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Gregory S. Smith, Jr.
 
 
Gregory S. Smith, Jr.
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
Notary
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
 
On the _22nd_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Gregory S, Smith, Jr , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Marie L. Watson______________________________
 
Name: __ Marie L. Watson ________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _Pennsylvania_____________________
   
No: __1330853__________________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: ___Chester County____________________
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
 
My commission expires May 13, 2026
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Sharon Grant_______________________________
 
Name: ___ Sharon Grant __________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Dr._____________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
___/s/ Lori L. DeMarco_____________________________
 
Name: ____ Lori L. DeMarco _______________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Drive___________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _22_ day of __August__, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ David P. Wiland
 
 
David P. Wiland
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Notary
 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
 
On the _22_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared David P. Wiland, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Marie L. Watson______________________________
 
Name: __ Marie L. Watson ________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _Pennsylvania_____________________
   
No: __1330853__________________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: ___Chester County____________________
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
 
My commission expires May 13, 2026
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Sharon Grant_______________________________
 
Name: ___ Sharon Grant __________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Dr._____________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
___/s/ Lori L. DeMarco_____________________________
 
Name: ____ Lori L. DeMarco _______________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __1475 Dunwoody Drive___________________
   
__________West Chester, PA 19380_________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this __14th_____ day of __August__, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Peter C. Aberg
 
 
Peter C. Aberg
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _14_ day of __August__ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Peter C. Aberg, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Alina M. Diaz_______________________________
 
Name: __ Alina M. Diaz____________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _State of New York__________________
   
No: _#01D16030847______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _New York County_____________________
   
Commission Expires Sept. 20, 2025__________________
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
_/s/ Frederick Hanser_______________________________
 
Name: Frederick Hanser____________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _80 Park Ave_____________________________
   
_________New York, NY 10016______________________
 
 
_/s/ Jonathan Rano_________________________________
 
Name: Jonathan Rano_____________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: _10 Liberty Street_________________________
   
_________NY NY 10005____________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _10th_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Daniel G. Kilpatrick
 
 
Daniel G. Kilpatrick
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _10th_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Daniel G. Kilpatrick, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
___/s/ Angela M. Schwartz___________________________
 
Name: Angela M. Schwartz_________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in:_New York State____________________
   
No: _01MO6076727_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _West Chester County___________________
 
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
__/s/ Alicia Wilson__________________________________
 
Name: _Alicia Wilson______________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _4 South Rd______________________________
   
_________Kent, CT 06757__________________________
 
 
__/s/ Jennifer Pendergraft____________________________
 
Name: _Jennifer Pendergraft_______________________
Witness #2
 
Address: _93 Hauxhurst Ave________________________
   
________Weehawken NJ 07086_____________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _16th_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Brenna Haysom Romando
 
 
Brenna Haysom Romando
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _16_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Brenna Haysom Romando, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Sachin S. Shah_________________________________
 
Name: Sachin Shah______________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _State of New York_________________
   
No: _01SH6442994_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _West Chester County__________________
   
Commission Expires October 24, 2026________________
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Dhruv Vyas_________________________________
 
Name: _ Dhruv Vyas______________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _9 West 57th St.__________________________
   
_________New York, NY 10019_____________________
 
 
___/s/ Joseph Costa________________________________
 
Name: _Joseph Costa_____________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __9 West 57th St__________________________
   
__________NY, NY 10019__________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _11th_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Nedim Sadaka
 
 
Nedim (Ned) Sadaka
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County Suffolk
 
On the _11th_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Nedim (Ned) Sadaka, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Kevin Rodriguez Osorio________________________
 
Name: Kevin Rodriguez Osorio______________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _New York_________________________
   
No: _01RO6416209_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: __Suffolk_____________________________
   
Term Expires April 12, 2025________________________
 
Page 1 of 2
Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
__/s/ Lawrence Sadaka_____________________________
 
Name: _Lawrence Sadaka__________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _981 Amherst Avenue_____________________
   
________Los Angeles, CA 90049____________________
 
 
__/s/ Jane Dresner Sadaka___________________________
 
Name: _Jane Dresner Sadaka_______________________
Witness #2
 
Address: _895 Park Ave, 6B________________________
   
________New York NY 10075______________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _16th_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Howard L. Shecter
 
 
Howard L. Shecter
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _16_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Howard L. Shecter, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
 
__/s/ Sachin S. Shah_________________________________
 
Name: Sachin Shah______________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _State of New York_________________
   
No: _01SH6442994_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _West Chester County__________________
   
Commission Expires October 24, 2026________________
 
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Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Dhruv Vyas_________________________________
 
Name: _ Dhruv Vyas______________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _9 West 57th St.__________________________
   
_________New York, NY 10019_____________________
 
 
___/s/ Joseph Costa________________________________
 
Name: _Joseph Costa_____________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __9 West 57th St__________________________
   
__________NY, NY 10019__________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _16_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Vishal N. Sheth
 
 
Vishal N. Sheth
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _16_ day of _August_ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Vishal N. Sheth, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
__/s/ Sachin S. Shah_________________________________
 
Name: Sachin Shah______________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _State of New York_________________
   
No: _01SH6442994_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _West Chester County__________________
   
Commission Expires October 24, 2026________________
 
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Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Dhruv Vyas_________________________________
 
Name: _ Dhruv Vyas______________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _9 West 57th St.__________________________
   
_________New York, NY 10019_____________________
 
 
___/s/ Joseph Costa________________________________
 
Name: _Joseph Costa_____________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __9 West 57th St__________________________
   
__________NY, NY 10019__________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (”Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts.  By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.  
 
INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY:  J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner
 
REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:
 
Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944
333-30180
333-28769
333-28755
333-28679
033-59261
333-202174
333-196391
333-124953
333-101481
333-90516
333-70600
333-66757
333-63692
333-57218
333-33914
033-34827
033-23351
 
Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686
333-273496
333-273497
333-273498
 
Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684
333-111685
 
Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458
 
Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766
 
I hereby ratify and confirm on this _16_ day of _August_, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.
 
 
Signature
 
     
 
/s/ Jasjit Singh
 
 
Jasjit Singh
 
 
Director
 
 
Notary
 
State of New York
County New York
 
On the _16_ day of __August__ in the year _2023_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Jasjit Singh, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.
 
__/s/ Sachin S. Shah_________________________________
 
Name: Sachin Shah______________________________
Notary Public
 
Notary Public in: _State of New York_________________
   
No: _01SH6442994_______________________________
(Seal)
 
Qualified in: _West Chester County__________________
   
Commission Expires October 24, 2026________________
 
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Statement of Witnesses
 
On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
 
 
___/s/ Dhruv Vyas_________________________________
 
Name: _ Dhruv Vyas______________________________
Witness #1
 
Address: _9 West 57th St.__________________________
   
_________New York, NY 10019_____________________
 
 
___/s/ Joseph Costa________________________________
 
Name: _Joseph Costa_____________________________
Witness #2
 
Address: __9 West 57th St__________________________
   
__________NY, NY 10019__________________________
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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